Status: Beta/Work-in-Progress
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Platform: Win9x, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 438

This program was the answer to all the problems my previous "found on the internet" alarm program had (see images). My alarm focuses on reliability, ease-of-use, and useful features so that the user is always alerted in the appropriate manner of their choosing and with minimal hassles. The features from the Documentation follow. ...

This program was the answer to all the problems my previous "found on the internet" alarm program had (see images). My alarm focuses on reliability, ease-of-use, and useful features so that the user is always alerted in the appropriate manner of their choosing and with minimal hassles. The features from the Documentation follow.

• Multiple alarms that are easy to add, change, or delete
• 9 alarm date types ensure that you'll quickly be able to set alarms to match your schedule
• Big button text on the alarm dialog helps the sleepy-eyed and visually-impaired in the mornings
• Customizable action list lets you predefined what happens when alarms go off
• Choose from 4 different action types, such as playing a sound or showing a message box
• Sound actions can play any number of sound formats (WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, etc) courtesy of the included FMOD library
• Program interacts with system standby to either prevent it or wake the computer up when there's an active alarm
• Intelligent, threaded time monitor manages its own polling rate and process priority to keep system usage down (especially when minimized to tray)
• Many options to suit the user's needs and personal preferences

0.9.3b:
-fixed monitor standby on snooze option
-fixed max snooze
-fixed a bug where one could use the number key shortcuts to snooze when snoozing wasn't allowed due to max snooze
-fixed another bug where daily alarms weren't displaying their time in the alarm settings

0.9.2b:
-fixed a bug with configuration backups backing up to the wrong directory (i.e. root)

0.9.1b:
-fixed a bug with incorrect snooze lengths
-fixed a bug where the time an alarm was at (%b) was not displayed in the systray tooltip for daily alarms

0.9b:
-First Public Release

Snake's Alarm 0.9 beta 438 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Downloads: 364

Microsoft says:

Note: This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit applications written for Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.

-GetPrivateProfileString, MSDN Library (Jan 2006)

WRONG! Applications shouldn't store their settings in the registry. It centralizes ...

Microsoft says:

Note: This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit applications written for Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.

-GetPrivateProfileString, MSDN Library (Jan 2006)

WRONG! Applications shouldn't store their settings in the registry. It centralizes application-specific data, making the reinstallation, copying, and settings tweaking of applications more cumbersome. For all of my programs, I use these "Windows 3.1 compatibility" functions to read/write settings to a .ini configuration file that can be placed in the directory with a program. They're actually far easier to use than the registry, too, and with minimal drawbacks. Over the years, I've been refining these functions with a wrapper module that makes accessing application settings even easier, which you can download here. It includes the following members:

• ConfigFile
• Class KeyPair
• Function Backup()
• Function Clear()
• Function ClearKey()
• Function ClearSection()
• Function DeleteSection()
• Function ReadFloatKey()
• Function ReadIntKey()
• Function ReadSection()
• Function ReadSectionNames()
• Function ReadStringKey()
• Function RestoreBackup()
• Function WriteKey()
• Function WriteSection()

1.2.2:
fixed a bug with backups without a path passed failing to backup

VB.Net Config File Module 364 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Age of Empires 3
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Downloads: 293

In a nutshell, this gives all European civs access to the Gatling Gun unit without needing to revolt.

I found that since TAD's release with all the quirky new Asian civs and strategies, the European civs were feeling a bit bland. And since I never revolt because it seems too risky, I thought I could liven them up by enabling the ...

In a nutshell, this gives all European civs access to the Gatling Gun unit without needing to revolt.

I found that since TAD's release with all the quirky new Asian civs and strategies, the European civs were feeling a bit bland. And since I never revolt because it seems too risky, I thought I could liven them up by enabling the revolution-only Gatling Gun. Besides that, the Gatling gun can also be improved by more technologies and is more effective against light infantry and cavalry. However, it is still weak against artillery, ships, and buildings and is best countered by artillery.

True to the mod's name, this version of the mod features a universal installer, so everyone can use it!


Changes

• Gatling Guns can be built in Industrial Age at the Artillery Foundry by any European civ (except Portugal)
• Gatling Gun portrait art was replaced with custom art (was the Organ Gun)
• Gatling Gun AI prioritizes human targets over buildings now
• Gatling Guns are now upgradable in Imperial Age with the Organ Gun "Imperial Rebaulds" tech
• Gatling Guns can be upgraded with Gunpowder Unit upgrades
• Gatling Guns are now affected by the Engineering School card
• Gatling Guns have more realistic damage bonuses
  • Cavalry from 0.5 to 1.0
  • Light Infantry from 0.5 to 1.5
  • Villagers from 1.0 to 1.5
  • Buildings from 0.5 to 0.25

5/30/08:

• made a universal installer program
  • works with every version of TWC and TAD, modded or no
  • can select to mod all civs or just European ones (default)
• fixed a manual installation bug with the tactics directory
• updated the TAD manual installation to 1.01a
• added a TWC manual installation for 1.04
• removed base damage increase
• added a name for the upgraded Gatling Gun

2/25/08:

• fixed the only known issue with Gatling Gun AI prioritizing building targets
• added Gatling Guns to the Engineering School card

Gatling Guns for All! AOE3 Mod 293 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Stalker
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Downloads: 222

This modifies the game STALKER so you don't have to eat anymore. Personally, I see no gameplay value in forcing the player to eat every hour or so; it's just an annoyance.

Stalker: No Hunger Mod 222 Downloads	Download

Status: Beta/Abandoned
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Platform: Win2000/XP
Downloads: 267

This is a 3D sound demonstration app that was originally a DirectX 9 SDK sample. However, all Microsoft's example did was open one sound and spin it around the listener. I added the abiltiy to have multiple sounds placed anywhere in a 2D soundscape. It also allows the user to move the listener around in the soundscape as they would a video game. ...

This is a 3D sound demonstration app that was originally a DirectX 9 SDK sample. However, all Microsoft's example did was open one sound and spin it around the listener. I added the abiltiy to have multiple sounds placed anywhere in a 2D soundscape. It also allows the user to move the listener around in the soundscape as they would a video game. My greatest ambition for this program was to make it a sound engine for a video game set completely in the dark (hence the name), except for a scanner remniscent of the one from Aliens. However, that's far off from what I have now. For the final version, I just want to have ogg/mp3 file support and a DirectX effects editor for every loaded sound.

The source and some starter sounds are included in this release. The program is probably good for testing surround sound speakers, as well.

Dark 267 Downloads	Download